Politics

It's official but not much of a surprise: Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, from left, Joe Kent and Leslie Lewallen have filed to run for the 3rd Congressional District seat help by Perez. Filing week runs through Friday for the August primary.

Campaign for 3rd Congressional District: Perez, Kent haul in big bucks in closely watched race

August 2, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

The competitive race for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District has attracted national attention and gobs of campaign cash. Read story

Former mayor Jennifer Lindsay to resign from Ridgefield council

August 1, 2024, 5:48pm Clark County News

Ridgefield City Council member and former mayor Jennifer Lindsay is resigning from her Position 6 seat effective Aug. 23. Read story

The White House is lit with the colors of the American flag to support team USA competing in the Paris Olympics, on Monday, July 29, 2024, in Washington. Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush will join an effort to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary in 2026, highlighting the initiative’s attempts to build bipartisan momentum in an era of extreme political polarization. The former presidents and first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush will serve as honorary national co-chairs of America250, the organization created by Congress in 2016 to oversee the celebration of the the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Obama and Bush join effort to mark America’s 250th anniversary in a time of political polarization

August 1, 2024, 2:16pm Nation & World

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush will join an effort to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary in 2026, highlighting the initiative’s attempts to build bipartisan momentum in an era of extreme political polarization. Read story

FILE - Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks about the southern border outside the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Washington.

What polling shows about the top VP contenders for Kamala Harris

August 1, 2024, 1:21pm Nation & World

As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top contenders for the role are largely unknown to Americans. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as one with more name recognition and… Read story

FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., offers remarks following the Senate Democrats policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol, July 30, 2024, in Washington. Schumer is daring Republicans to vote against a bipartisan tax cut package aimed at expanding the child tax credit for million of families and restoring some business tax breaks.

Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

August 1, 2024, 12:10pm Politics

A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year. Read story

State advisory board on juvenile justice asks Inslee to fire director of children’s services

Then Democratic Rep. Ross Hunter, left, discusses a state budget proposal in 2015 in Olympia.

August 1, 2024, 9:31am Latest News Free

Washington’s state advisory board on juvenile justice has called on Gov. Jay Inslee to fire Department of Children, Youth and Families director Ross Hunter amid the agency’s decision to suspend intakes at two state juvenile detention facilities due to overcrowding. Read story

Donald Trump’s gag order remains in effect after hush money conviction, New York appeals court rules

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures as he walks off stage after speaking at a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

August 1, 2024, 8:25am Latest News

A New York appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump’s bid to end a gag order in his hush money criminal case, rejecting the Republican president's argument that his May conviction “constitutes a change in circumstances” that warrants lifting the restrictions. Read story